The Influence of Goal Specificity on Planning Effectiveness: a Meta-Analysis

This meta-analytic study aims to investigate the effectiveness of various planning strategies depending on the level of goal specificity. The paper presents the largest meta-analysis on the implementation intentions (planning) effectiveness in the health domain and provides important insights for researchers, consumers, practitioners and policy makers.



Citation:

Ekaterina Napolova, Francois Carrillat, and Leona Tam (2018) ,"The Influence of Goal Specificity on Planning Effectiveness: a Meta-Analysis", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 944-944.

Authors

Ekaterina Napolova, University of Technology Sydney
Francois Carrillat, University of Technology Sydney
Leona Tam, University of Technology Sydney



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018



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